Whey preparation



P gtcnted Dec. 3, 1935 I i I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE remit.

No Drawing. Application January 7, 1930, Serial No. 419,205. Renewed September 17, 1935. In Czechoslovakia January 14, 1929 I This invention relates to the production of seed in an alkaline mixture of an absolute whey preparations of neutral reaction, free from (amphotere) serum with alkaline lime-water all milk albumin (casein, lactaibumin and lactotakes plate at a temperature above 57 centiglobulin) and any of their products oi'decompograde by whichthe termentative processes of 5 sition and allmilkiermentscontaininga colloidal hydrolytic character are excluded and thereby 5 solution of edestin-calcium and not coagulating the combination of the extracted edestin with in the boiling heat. the calcium takes place automatically and there Anotherobject of my invention is the producby the alkaline reaction being converted into tion of 'whey preparations'as above mentioned acid reaction.

containing a colloidal solution oi edestin-calcium Because in this product it is impossible to make 10 and therapeutic matter, not coagulating in the any chemical reactions to determine how much boiling heat. of the used oalcium-hydroxid (lime-water) has I The milk whey is very suitable as a solvent for efl'ectlvely been consumed for the combination organic matters and is also used for this purpose with edestin and the character of the reaction of by virtue of its contents of neutral salts and their the liberated "hydroxyl-groups (OH) it is 15 reciprocal proportions, having as consequence the necessary to addbefore the solution is brought known amphotere reaction, 1. e. a slightly acid to the boiling point as much of phosphoric acid and at the same time a slightly alkaline reaction. as corresponds to the alkalinity of the whole used But the whey prepared by means 01' the procquantity of lime-water according, to the before I esses hitherto known either by spontaneous sourcalculated titre. Hereby results, it is true, an 20 ing of the milk or by curdling by means of chymoexcess of free phosphoric acid, yet this does not sin or by action of various acids is not the absolute menace the stability of the colloidal solution of serum lactis, but always contains residues or edestin calcium: milk-proteins and ferments so that usually only Instead of the lime-water other calcium comthe casein is removed. Up to now it did not sucpounds may even be used, the use of calcium car- 25 ceed to use the dissolving capacity of the milkbonate being especially advantageous. The calwhey in such a measure that any foreign protein clum carbonate is, it is true, insoluble in the neudissolved therein would not coagulate in the boiltral absolute serum as well'as in water, but is ing heat as' it usually happens with natural milksoluble in a solution of edestin, which itself has proteins not coagulating in boiling fresh milk. an acid character. The dissolution takes place 0 This aim is attained by my invention because. (analogous as with casein) in the manner, that by means of the process below described it is posthe edestin (even the casein) liberates the carsible to extract from hemp seed the protein bon dioxide (CO2) from the calcium carbonate edestin by means of a milk serum absolutely free and combines with the calcium to edestin-calfrom all milk proteins and ferments; the edestin cium (analogous to casein-calcium). The solu- 5 at the same time is converted into edestin-cal- .tion of edestin-calcium in this case does not have cium by the addition of lime water. The edestinacid reaction as in using lime-water, but a neucalcium thus formed being an analogous protein tral reaction which is better for some purposes. as the casein-calcium in the milk is in the state There the neutralization of the solution takes of a colloidal solution which can be boiled withplace simultaneously with the extracting of the 40 out coagulation at the boiling heat. edestin and its conversion into edestin calcium According to myinvention the removal of the because the acid edestin decomposes as much of particular milk-proteins for the purpose of prethe calcium-carbonate as is suflicient to form the paring an absolute serum takes place gradually, neutral edestin-calcium. The eventual excess of and, this by such weak concentrations of the parcalcium carbonate remains dissolved in suspen- 5 ticular reagents asare without efiect according to sion and it is easily possible to separate it from the hitherto known methods of the production the finished product by sedimentation. In this of whey and act only in combinations and at the case the titration and the following addition of temperatures prescribed by my process. Besides, phosphoric acid are omitted.

each following reaction neutralizes automatical- At the following boiling of the mixturethe 50 1y, reliably, of course, and without difiicult titraalbu'min coagulates after it has been dissolved tions, the preceding reaction so that the natural with the edestin. The coagulum is removed by balance of the mineral composition of the serum means of filtration together with the extracted is menaced as little as possible. hemp seed. The edestin-calcium remains, even The extraction of the edestin from the hempafter boiling in solution, where it can be proved 55 by the usual protein reactions. It is also possible to precipitate it by means of alcohol and also gives a characteristic reaction as casein-calcium; it precipitates from the solution by weak acidulation by means of acetic acid, dissolving in an excess of acetic acid. Therefore'the finished product: a colloidal solution of edestin-calcium in the absolute milk-serum is an artificial and true imitation of the natural solution of caseincalcium in the milk. It is not a simple solution or mixture of water given a priori or known, but the preparation of the absolute serum according to my process takes place also in a manner hitherto unknown. Even the edestin given in the natural state in hemp-seed is for the first time according to mjprocess artificially converted into edestin-calcium, a compound hitherto unknown, giving the same chemical reactions as the natural casein-calcium. The final productis characterized by an important quality, hitherto artificially not attainable; it does not coagulate at boiling heat.

The durability of this colloidal solution is attained with my process by this, that its entire preparation, i. e.: the extraction of the edestin from the hemp-seed,-the combination of the edestin with the calcium to edestin-calcium, the boiling of the solution and the coagulation of the albumin simultaneously dissolved, the filtration of the solution and also itsconcentrating with sugar at a density of 33 B. for the purpose of preserving, all of which takes place at a temperature above 57 C, to supress the-activity of the hydrolytic (autolytic) enzymes up to the degree in which the hydrolysis of the product is prevented by the preserving eifect of the sugar.

A preferred form of the process of producing the colloidal solution of edestin-calcium in the absolute milk-serum is the. following:

To separated fresh cow-milk 0.05% magnesium sulphate and 0.5% phosphoric acid are added. The mixture is heated above 57 C, but at most to 80 C. A coagulation of casein results, which is separated by filtration.

To the solution is added magnesium carbonate in a quantity corresponding to 0.5% phosphoric acid or in a greater quantity, and the mixture is boiled. Automatically a precise neutralization of the solution results and a simultaneouscoagulation of the isocasein occurs which is separated by filtration together with any excess of undissolved magnesium carbonate.

To the filtered solution I add 0.009% of hydroxide of sodium or hydroxide of potassium,

and then I boil. The laetalbumin and lactoglobulin are converted into soluble albuminate;

To the solution 1 to 2% of phosphoric acid is added and then is boiled. The albuminate coagulates in the acid medium. The coasulum is removed by filtration.

To the filtered solution, magnesium carbonate is added in a quantity sufiicient (or in an excess) for neutralizing the phosphoric acid. Unsoluble magnesium phosphate results and simultaneously a precise neutralization of the solution takes place. The magnesium phosphate is removed by filtration together with the excess of unused m nesium carbonate.

Thefiltrateistheabsoluteserumfreeofall milk albumins, vitamins and ferments.

The absolute serum is mixed either with limewater, the best in the proportion of three parts of the'serum to one part of lime-water, or with powder of calcium carbonate in the proportion of one part of the powder to twenty parts of the serum. The mixture is heated above 57 centigrade. At this temperature ground hemp-seed 5 is mixed with a quantity of one part or less of the seed to two parts of the serum. A spontaneous extraction of the edestin takes place and simultaneously it combines with the calcium to edestin-calcium. Hydrolytic decomposition is 10 prevented by the temperature above 57 centirade.

After an extraction enduring one hour or more at a temperature above 57 centigrade, it a mixture of serum and lime-water has been used, a 15 like quantity of phosphoric acid is added, which is sufiicient-according to the titre-to neutralize the used quantity of lime-water. If a mixture of serum and calcium carbonate has been used, this addition of phosphoric acid is omitted. 20

The mixture of the solution of edestin calcium with the extracted hemp-seed is then brought to the boiling point. Thereby the albumin coagulates, which has been dissolved simultaneously with the edestin, while the edestin calcium re- 25 mains even after boiling in the colloidal dissolved state.

The extracted hemp-seed is then removed together with the coagulated albumin by filtration, which also is effected at a temperature above 57 30 centigrade, and the remaining colloidal solution of edestin calcium is concentrated at the same temperature by means of sugar to a density of 33 B., by which it is preserved and can be cooled. 35

The final product is a colloidal solution of noncoagulated and undenatured protein, the nutritive power of which is unproportionately higher than the nutritive power of the casein and the milk protein. This technical superiority consists 4.0 in this, that it is possible to use it for the manufacturing of dietetical remedies as an apt means for such active matter (vitamins, enzymes and others), which are advantageously 'to be suspended in a colloidal medium, either that those active to matters already isolated are mixed to this colloid, or that it is possible to extract those active matters directly from the raw materials (for example from medicinal herbs) and even in heat, because the colloid does not coagulate in heat, and therefore it is a protective of those matters in heat as "protective colloid.

I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limitedto the exact details of the process described, for obvious modifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

What I claim as my invention is:

l. A whey preparation containing whey, free from all milk proteins and their products of decomposition and all milk ferments, and also con- 00 taining a colloidal solution of edestin-calcium, said composition not coagulating at the boiling point. I

2. A whey preparation containing whey, free from all milk proteins and their products of dees composition and all milk ferments, and also containing a colloidal solution of edestin-calcium and a. trace of magnesium sulphate f. i. 0.05%, said composition not coagulating at the boiling point.

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